Vincent L Notice Et Notes (2 results)

Soft Cover. Condition: Fair +. Buff covers with red titles and borders. "Les Classiques Pour Tous" . Notice et Notes par L. Vincent. All text in French. 80 pages. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued. Text/NEW, showing faint margin discoloration. Vintage 1930 issue, French Language text. Stapled softcover/VG; soiling to front & also showing discoloration. Le Père Goriot (Old Goriot or Father Goriot), classic 1835 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799 - 1850), included in the Scènes de la vie privée section of his novel sequence La Comédie humaine. Set in Paris of 1819. Story follows intertwined lives of three characters --- the elderly doting Goriot, a criminal-in-hiding named Vautrin, and a naive law student named Eugène de Rastignac. First published in serial form during the winter of 1834/35, the novel makes use of protagonists who re-appear in other books. Time wise, it is Paris during the Bourbon Restoration, marked by profound social changes. An analysis of disintegration of traditional values regarding family, marriage, and social status.…